Mark Messier

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2007
Mark Messier
Date of birth January 18, 1961
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position center
number # 11
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 3rd lap, 48th position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1975-1976 Sherwood Spears
1976-1977 Spruce Grove Mets
1977-1988 St. Albert Saints
1978 Indianapolis Racers
1978-1979 Cincinnati stingers
1979-1991 Edmonton Oilers
1991-1997 New York Rangers
1997-2000 Vancouver Canucks
2000-2004 New York Rangers

Mark Douglas John Messier , OC (born January 18, 1961 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was active in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers , New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks from 1979 to 2004 . The center won six Stanley Cups and is the only player to lead two teams (Edmonton and New York) to the title as team captain; Both teams also blocked his shirt number 11. In total, Messier scored 694 goals and 1,193 assists in 1,756 preliminary round games and is third in the all-time scorer list of the NHL with 1,887 points after Wayne Gretzky and Jaromír Jágr and has 1,992 NHL matches (including Play-offs) first place. In addition, the Canadian was honored twice with the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award as most valuable player of the regular season and once with the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP .

After the end of his active career, Messier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (2007), the Order of Hockey in Canada (2013) and the Order of Canada (2017).

Career

After a meaningless season in the 1979 discontinued WHA ( World Hockey Association ) he was selected in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft only in the third round as 48th by the Edmonton Oilers , who had also moved from the WHA to the NHL.
The Oilers were the dominant team in the eighties, the legend Gretzky played by storm with Jari Kurri and Messier, plus the outstanding defender Paul Coffey , Messier won four Stanley Cups with Gretzky and Kurri, but was in their shadow.
After Gretzky's surprise trade to Los Angeles in 1988, he was able to show how good he really was, and the Oilers won the Cup again in 1990.

In 1991 he went to New York. He was the captain of the New York Rangers, which were about to be eliminated in the 1994 Eastern Conference final. Mark Messier promised in the media that his team would win the next game, which they actually did. He even scored three goals in a row in the last third, making up a two-goal deficit. The Rangers finally won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 54 years and Mark Messier scored the decisive goal in the 7th and final game.

1997-2000 he played with the Vancouver Canucks , then until the end of his career in 2004 again with the Rangers.

Mark Messier was famous for his exceptional leadership, determination, will to win and the ability to get his team carried away, especially in the play-offs . For example, he turned around with a spectacular individual performance in Game 3 in the Stanley Cup final of 1984, when his Edmonton Oilers lost one goal against the New York Islanders . That year he, and not Wayne Gretzky, was voted MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the Play-Offs.

Farewell to the NY Rangers

He was born with ice hockey, his father Doug never played in the NHL, but was his mentor and promoter at a young age and later also worked as a trainer a. a. at Schwenninger ERC in the first ice hockey Bundesliga . His older brother Paul Messier played a. a. a few games for the Colorado Rockies in the NHL and a few years later also moved to Germany, where he first played a year for the ECD Iserlohn and then six years for the Mannheim ERC . Mark's cousins Mitch and Joby Messier also played in the NHL.

Mark Messier

In November 2006, the Mark Messier Leadership Award was created by the NHL. It is awarded monthly (annually since 2007) to the player who stood out for his leadership skills. The NHL dedicates the award to Messier because he is considered one of the greatest leaders in the NHL. Together with the NHL, Mark Messier selects the winners himself.

Mark Messier was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2007 .

After his career ended, he worked as a radio and television commentator. He also received a position as assistant to the management of the New York Rangers. In 2010 he was appointed coach of the Canadian national team at the Germany Cup and Spengler Cup .

In 2017 he was admitted to the Order of Canada with the rank of Officer .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Mark Messier played for the All-Star Legends at the Legends Classic in 2008
Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1975/76 Sherwood Spears AMHL 44 82 76 158 - 38 - - - - - -
1976/77 Spruce Grove Mets AJHL 57 27 39 66 - 91 - - - - - -
1977/78 St. Albert Saints AJHL 54 25th 49 74 - 194 - - - - - -
1977/78 Portland Winter Hawks WCHL 10 11 4th 15th - 6th 7th 4th 1 5 - 2
1978/79 St. Albert Saints AJHL 17th 15th 18th 33 - 64 - - - - - -
1978/79 Indianapolis Racers WHA 5 0 0 0 -4 0 - - - - - -
1978/79 Cincinnati stingers WHA 47 1 10 11 –6 58 - - - - - -
1979/80 Houston Apollos CHL 4th 0 3 3 - 4th - - - - - -
1979/80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 75 12 21st 33 −10 120 3 1 2 3 +2 2
1980/81 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 23 40 63 −12 102 9 2 5 7th +1 13
1981/82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 78 50 38 88 +21 119 5 1 2 3 −4 8th
1982/83 Edmonton Oilers NHL 77 48 58 106 +19 72 15th 15th 6th 21st +10 14th
1983/84 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 37 64 101 +40 165 19th 8th 18th 26th +9 19th
1984/85 Edmonton Oilers NHL 55 23 31 54 +8 57 18th 12 13 25th +13 12
1985/86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 63 35 49 84 +36 68 10 4th 6th 10 0 18th
1986/87 Edmonton Oilers NHL 71 37 70 107 +21 73 21st 12 16 28 +13 16
1987/88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 70 37 74 111 +21 103 19th 11 23 34 +9 29
1988/89 Edmonton Oilers NHL 72 33 61 94 −5 130 7th 1 11 12 −1 8th
1989/90 Edmonton Oilers NHL 79 45 84 129 +19 79 22nd 9 22nd 31 +5 20th
1990/91 Edmonton Oilers NHL 53 12 52 64 +15 34 18th 4th 11 15th +2 16
1991/92 New York Rangers NHL 79 35 72 107 +31 76 11 7th 7th 14th −4 6th
1992/93 New York Rangers NHL 75 25th 66 91 −6 72 - - - - - -
1993/94 New York Rangers NHL 76 26th 58 84 +25 76 23 12 18th 30th +14 33
1994/95 New York Rangers NHL 46 14th 39 53 +8 40 10 3 10 13 −11 8th
1995/96 New York Rangers NHL 74 47 52 99 +29 122 11 4th 7th 11 −10 16
1996/97 New York Rangers NHL 71 36 48 84 +12 88 15th 3 9 12 +2 6th
1997/98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 82 22nd 38 60 −10 58 - - - - - -
1998/99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 13 35 48 −12 33 - - - - - -
1999/00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 17th 37 54 −15 30th - - - - - -
2000/01 New York Rangers NHL 82 24 43 67 −25 89 - - - - - -
2001/02 New York Rangers NHL 41 7th 16 23 −1 32 - - - - - -
2002/03 New York Rangers NHL 78 18th 22nd 40 −2 30th - - - - - -
2003/04 New York Rangers NHL 76 18th 25th 43 +3 42 - - - - - -
AJHL total 128 67 106 173 - 249 - - - - - -
WHA total 52 1 10 11 -10 58 - - - - - -
NHL overall 1756 694 1193 1887 +210 1910 236 109 186 295 +50 244

International

Represented Canada to:

 

Represented the National Hockey League at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1984 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 2 4th 6th 8th
1987 NHL All-Stars Date - 2 1 0 1 0
1987 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 9 1 6th 7th 6th
1989 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 6th 3 3 6th 8th
1991 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 2 6th 8th 10
1996 Canada World cup 2nd place 7th 1 4th 5 12
Men overall 40 10 23 33 44

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Mark Messier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Next record! Jágr overtakes NHL legend . In: sport.de . ( sport.de [accessed on January 18, 2018]).
  2. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : When Mark Messier became the Messiah
personal data
SURNAME Messier, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Messier, Mark Douglas John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta